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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 16, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture re: Nomination of Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 112,297,515 people44.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

46 votes, representing 139,203,606 people55.3%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 5.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5444.7%
NayLost4655.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%